COVID-19 Vaccination: Building Global Capacity

The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator's Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) work stream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project held a series of 15 video-conference-based capacity building webinars between Februrary and June 2021.

This series of interactive, capacity-building webinars facilitated the sharing of guidance, tools, and other resources to support effective introduction and administration of COVID-19 vaccines on a global scale. Sessions fell into two subseries, complementing the resources developed by CRD for national/sub-national focal points on preparing for COVID-19 vaccine introduction and health workers on safe administration of COVID-19 vaccine.

Objectives

1. Amplify use of and receive feedback on the COVID-19 vaccine introduction guidance, tools, and training resources. Feedback on these resources can support continued improvement and identification of additional information and training needs.
2. Share best practices and lessons learned on key aspects of COVID-19 vaccine introduction and administration through sharing of case studies and peer-to-peer engagement.

Resources

• OpenWHO courses
  • Orientation to National Deployment and Vaccination Planning for COVID-19 Vaccines
  • COVID-19 Vaccination Training for Health Workers
• Telegram support groups for National, Regional, and Global Stakeholders:
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction – TechNet-21 (EN)
  • Introduction des vaccins contre la Covid-19 – TechNet-21 (FR)
• Online immunization communities
  • TechNet-21 – The Technical Network for Strengthening Immunization Services
  • BOOST – A global community where immunization professionals connect, learn and lead
• Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) webpage
  • Visit for more information on preparing for COVID-19 vaccination
  • Vaccine-specific and thematic short instructional videos and job aids are currently under development and will be posted on the CRD webpage when available.
• COVID-19 Vaccination: Building Global Capacity Flyer
• COVID-19 vaccine introduction toolbox
  • Provides guidance, tools and training to equip countries to prepare for and implement COVID-19 vaccination
  • Intended to support Ministries of Health, health workers, partner organizations, and other stakeholders
  • Organized in line with the Guidance on Developing a National Deployment and Vaccination Plan for COVID-19 vaccines and will be updated as new resources become available
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  • For questions, comments or feedback about the resources please e-mail: COVID19vaccineresources@who.int

Session Archive for Global, National, and Regional Stakeholders

Session Archive for Health Workers